Psalm 40:4-10

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⁴Blessed is the man who ^(A)makes
    the Lord his trust,
who does not turn to the proud,
    to those who ^(B)go astray after a lie!
⁵You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
    your ^(C)wondrous deeds and your ^(D)thoughts toward us;
    none can compare with you!
I will proclaim and tell of them,
    yet they are ^(E)more than can be told.

⁶^(F)In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,
    but you have given me an open ^(G)ear.^[a]
Burnt offering and sin offering
    you have not required.
⁷Then I said, “Behold, I have come;
    in the scroll of the book it is written ^(H)of me:
⁸^(I)I delight to do your will, O my God;
    your law is ^(J)within my heart.”

⁹I have told the glad news of deliverance^[b]
    in ^(K)the great congregation;
behold, I have not ^(L)restrained my lips,
    ^(M)as you know, O Lord.
¹⁰I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;
    I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
    from the great congregation.

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Footnotes

Psalm 40:6 Hebrew ears you have dug for me
Psalm 40:9 Hebrew righteousness; also verse 10

Luke 17:20-24

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The Coming of the Kingdom

²⁰Being asked by the Pharisees ^(A)when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God ^(B)is not coming in ways that can be observed, ²¹nor ^(C)will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.”^[a]

²²And he said to the disciples, ^(D)“The days are coming when you will desire ^(E)to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. ²³^(F)And they will say to you, ‘Look, there!’ or ‘Look, here!’ Do not go out or follow them. ²⁴^(G)For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be ^(H)in his day.^[b]